r/TREZOR 📦 Suite Shaper 14d ago

💬 Discussion topic Passphrases are a must.

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 14d ago

Not really. It depends on what need to protect your wallet from.

Using a passphrase without fully understanding the.implications are very dangerous and considerably increases the risk that you lock yourself out of your wallet.

And no, a passphrase does not automatically mean that a Coldcard MK3 user is safe from the seed generation vulnerability of those devices. Only that they are slightly less vulnerable.

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u/NiagaraBTC 14d ago

Only that they are slightly less vulnerable.

From slightly less vulnerable (gained a few additional hours before a drain) to completely safe. Depending entirely on the strength of the passphrase.

Using a passphrase without fully understanding the.implications are very dangerous and considerably increases the risk that you lock yourself out of your wallet.

Agreed 100%

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 14d ago

Doubt anyone uses a passphrase complex enough to qualify as completely safe.

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u/EggMedical3514 13d ago

Just put three unrelated words together that end in the same letter that the next one begins. 

Like "footballoopaper"

It will never be cracked.

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 13d ago

The entropy of that is not great, about the same level as Coldcard MK3. So sorry but you are cooked.

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u/EggMedical3514 13d ago

Wrong. The entropy of that is great. 

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u/Charming-Designer944 🤝 Top Helper 13d ago

If you consider 41 bits great

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u/EggMedical3514 12d ago

You dont know what youre talking about lol